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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent

Nurses ‘rocked to core’ by Lucy Letby murders fear impact on public trust

A general view of the women and children's building at the Countess of Chester hospital
Lucy Letby was found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six more at the Countess of Chester hospital. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

At hospitals around the UK nurses continue to pull on fresh scrubs and prepare for another day caring for patients. But many have been “rocked to the core” by the Lucy Letby case and some fear the foundation of public trust has been shaken.

That was the message from senior nurses on Tuesday as the horror of the child killer’s sentencing sank in and the profession braced for a long task to reassure families and patients that Letby’s crimes, and the institutional failings that appeared to have allowed them to continue, were truly an anomaly.

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